True, documentaries weren't eligible, but "Glory Road" is a "based-on." It did appear on some committee members' lists and was considered.
*** Cyclone Fanatic Sports Movie Tournament: Round of 64 ***
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Maybe we do a Disney Channel original movie bracket. Smart House, Brink, Luck of the Irish, Zenon, Halloweentown.
There’s some bangers and that’s just scratching the surface. Would probably need some younger people on the committee since the first one was like 1998
Definitely need someone other than me, I recognized 0 of those .
demoncore1031
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I forgot all about Lucas when we were putting this thing together. Not sure if it would have made the tournament, probably not, but still a good movie.
Lucas is a great movie, but not sure I'd consider it a sports movie.
Yeah, but the movie that is beating it is from 2002. I was 12 when it came out, and I've been out of college for over a decade. I wouldn't call it particularly new.
Compared to Raging Bull though it might as well be new.
It's a best of all time tourney. One of the things that makes a movie in any genre a best of all time is longevity and the ability to hold up over many years. That makes it tough to lean too heavily on movies that have only been out there for a small handful of years. That said, the committee did try to include as many movies that would be considered "recent", from the 2010s and later, as we could.
Agree, Field of Dreams and Vision Quest would be at a minimum my elite 8 possibly Final Four. Vision Quest has one of the best soundtracks of all time and a hot chick making it a classic.
demoncore1031
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Not only that, but movies aren't exactly good nowadays. It's mostly remakes, reboots, biopics, and comic book movies. I see maybe one new movie per year that I like. It's not just the writing, I feel like acting has gone way down hill also. We live in an age where you don't have to have any talent to become an actor.
demoncore1031
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And that still happens.
Many in that era were also reboots, remakes, superhero movies and biopics with original ideas sprinkled in.
demoncore1031
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I disagree with "many." Yes, there were some movies like that being made, but not as much as now. I can probably list over 1,000 original movies from the 80s alone, just off the top of my head (because I'm a nerd). Even the C and D list movies from then are better than half the crap that is being made today. I do admit that some of the biopics being made now are pretty good, but I do dislike 99% of the remakes.
I did enjoy the IT remakes. I loved the originals, but they were made for TV movies, so the special effects were not great and overall I knew that the movie could be made better. But there are many, many movies that are perfect the way they are and should never be touched.
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Outside of The Sandlot and Remember the Titans, my favorite sports movies are mostly low seeds or not included. Not expecting much from my picks.
7: Any Given Sunday
10: Days of Thunder
12: BASEketball
10: Kingpin
9: Varsity Blues
Not listed:
8 Seconds
Mystery, Alaska
Rush
7: Any Given Sunday
10: Days of Thunder
12: BASEketball
10: Kingpin
9: Varsity Blues
Not listed:
8 Seconds
Mystery, Alaska
Rush
demoncore1031
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BASEketball, Kingpin, and White Men Can't Jump are my favorites from the lower seeds. Those are all in my top 10 sports movies of all time.
****, I had White Men Can’t Jump on my list of lower seeds to put on the list but forget after jumping pages.
demoncore1031
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It's actually not THAT low, I think a 9 seed, if I'm not mistaken. It got a tough draw for sure. It's probably my favorite basketball movie.
